This week on CounterSpin: News site Popular Information alerted us to new Social Security Administration policy effectively requiring tens of thousands of recipients, by the agency’s own estimation, to travel to a field office to verify their ID. An internal memo predicts the shift will create “service disruption,” “operational strain” and “budget shortfalls” – unsurprising, given concurrent staffing cuts and field office closures. All that’s in the balance are human lives and health, and the ability of working people to plan for our futures. We’ll talk about the new, yet also old, attacks on Social Security with Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works. Transcript: ‘A Small Group of People Wanted to Do Away With Social Security From the Beginning’Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent media coverage of Mahmoud Khalil, deportations and the FTC.